Canadian telecom giant Rogers Communications has announced the certification of its suretap service for the Android and BlackBerry 10 operating systems. A report from engadget reveals that certification of the new suretap solution will enable issuers like banks, loyalty and reward programs to forge mobile payment solutions for both Android and BlackBerry 10 devices by […]

European Union regulators are investigating manufacturers of microchips for smart cards, looking at possible incidents of price-fixing. According to a report by Bloomberg, the European Commission may send selected, but unnamed, companies a statement of objections that lists the antitrust concerns. The case has been ongoing for years, as the European Commission searched the officies […]

A group of local South Korean banks have joined forces to launch a new NFC payments service, BankWallet, in the country. As reported by Mobile World Live, BankWallet is the brainchild of Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings Institute (KFTC) — a Korean interbank clearinghouse. Storing account holder credentials on the SIM card, the BankWallet solution […]

Pakistan’s 2.1 million federal government pensioners will now be able to their benefits loaded on a smart card, reports the Associated Press of Pakistan. The Ministry of Finance and National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) are working together on this project to give retired federal workers, including army personnel, their benefits electronically. Retired workers will be […]

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) is working to procure a system that would simplify the process of paying for bus or train fare, turning it into a tap of a smart phone or credit card at a turnstile. According to Transportation Nation, Metro is now accepting bids from tech companies to develop a […]

The Vancouver Transit police anticipates that it will see more cases of transit fraud once TransLink, the city’s public transportation system, introduces the Compass smart-card system in the fall, reports the Vancouver Sun. TransLink believes that fraud with the new smart card system could be higher than the fraud it experiences with reselling fraudulent student […]

As identification technologies evolve, so too do hackers. This was a topic of discussion at Smart Card Alliance’s 11th Annual Government Convention held in Washington, D.C. in November. “If you don’t first know who’s on your network, you don’t really know if they’re supposed to be there,” says Betsy Hight, vice president of the Cybersecurity […]